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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 066

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    he spilled a pan of cream on himself so that he would not be known from his enemy.
    Then he stood behind the door until the men came in. They were fully armed but they thought he was one of their own men. When all the men were in he stood in the middle of the crowd and he killed the last of the thirteen men in his home at the side of the alt. It is also said that the rocks which are in Lake Melvin were thrown out there by the giant to show his strength.
    He died some
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerard Haran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bomahas, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Owen Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Buckode, Co. Leitrim